Obituary of Frank M. Avis, Jr.
(C. Avis Catalog entry #937)
Phoenix Gazzette, Phoenix, AZ
11/7/1973
p. D8
Frank M. Avis, Jr.
BLACK CANYON CITY -- Graveside services for Frank M. Avis, Jr., 72, who died Sunday in his home here will be in the Black Canyon City Cemetery, Memory Chapel announced.
Mr. Avis had been a rancher and homesteader in the New River area since 1933.
Prior to that he had owned and operated the Avis Garage in Glendale for four years. He was a former member of the American Legion and the First Christian Church in Glendale, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Black Canyon City, and was a World War I Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Doris, and three daughters, Mrs. Bob Gilbreath of Glendale, Mrs. Alvin Lane of Williams and Mrs. Gary Essary of Bagdad.